Spinal Tap A to Zed

Its a Smalls World (unreleased): Abandoned
solo project that Derek began while Tap was on hiatus following
the 1975 Megaphone lawsuit. Exists only as an eight-track "super
demo." (IST) Derek: "I tried to do just rhythm and harmony
and no melody at all. Because I felt at the time that was the
way to go, and I was wrong. It was just big-beat drone music.
I almost cut my hair during that period." (MH2) During outtakes
of "This is Spinal Tap," Derek is shown explaining to
DiBergi that he saw the bass as a symbol of our common humanity.
"We are all people. Bass represents us." Among Dereks
other solo projects was the score for a friends film about
para-sailing. "I scored it on bass. It was all improvisational.
I watched the film for a bit and then closed my eyes and just
kept on improvising." (BPI) See also Its
a Dub World.